Clifton Collins, Jr. Quotes
You start acting just as soon as you walk into the door of that casting office. You can't just be yourself because they don't want to hire you.
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I made a lot of money, and I want to give something back to my country.
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Working with the cast of 'Glee' was inspiring. To be around a group of kids who work so hard and love what they do is so refreshing.
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I've been told I have an aggressive driving style.
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I was fortunate enough to visit a lot of beautiful places around the world. The most astonishing and memorable experiences were my trips to Africa and Australia.
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I get up late, have an espresso, and immediately start work. I try to get roughly caught up on email before I leave the house, then if I need to write anything or review a complex deal, I do that, and then I head to the office and work on my top few priorities for the day. I try to schedule my meetings in the afternoon.
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I learned a lot doing 'Wolverine,' and I was also very fortunate, in the sense that I got to do a huge number of visual effects shots.
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As governor, I'm spending my time focused in three areas: creating jobs, reducing the expense of government and schools.
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I don't like to define my music. To me, music is pure emotion. It's language that can communicate certain emotions and the rhythms cuts across genders, cultures and nationalities. All you need to do is close your eyes and feel those emotions.
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I want to lay all my cards out on the table and walk away with no regrets.
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Kennedy was a man who liked writers and even I got invited to the White House.
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The Republican Party, which John McCain led as our nominee in 2008, is going to become irrelevant if we become the party of intolerance and hate. The party founded by Abraham Lincoln was a party that fought slavery and intolerance at every level.
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Over-eating is the addiction choice of carers, and that's why it's come to be regarded as the lowest-ranking of all the addictions.
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Museums are not normally presenting the works on the walls as provocations to work. It's more like going to a Jacuzzi.
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One should know their body types well to experiment with trends.
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I think I was only divorced once, and the rest were annulments. Or, maybe not. I can't keep track actually, because it's not that important. I just am who I am.
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Today, computers help us making the music. It's really a tool.
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You can't hire someone to practice for you.
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Thanks to every gay person in public and non-public life who has come out.
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I'm not 'Grace.' That album is like a brick onto itself. It's like a coffin that I put certain feelings and observations in so that they can be capsulized forever. I wanted to put them there so I would be free to move on.
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Check your ego at the door. The ego can be the great success inhibitor. It can kill opportunities, and it can kill success.
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I thought I was going to be an actor. I liked entertaining. I was pretty much tap dancing for attention from a very early age. My family was kind of musical, and there were people in the circus next door and actors across the road. I just enjoyed messing around with music growing up, but I really thought I was going to be an actor.
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From the time that I was a child, I loved interacting with people. I would go around door-to-door and sell candies and gift-wrapping paper, and it was a great way to interact with people and communicate with people.
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As soon as I get bored, I start missing the kids, so I don't let myself get bored. I just go surfing.
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You start acting just as soon as you walk into the door of that casting office. You can't just be yourself because they don't want to hire you.
